15 U.S.C. § 1692 Cited 15,356 times 144 Legal Analyses
Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"
15 U.S.C. § 1692d Cited 1,953 times 22 Legal Analyses
Prohibiting debt collectors from engaging "in any conduct the natural consequence of which is to harass, oppress, or abuse any person in connection with the collection of a debt"